REAL WORLD RESOURCES
For
Cole/Smith/DeJong’s
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA
7th Edition
The media resources mentioned in the supplements (Instructor’s Manual, Lesson Plans and Student Study Guide) have been extracted and compiled here to serve as a reference for students and instructors. They are organized by learning objective (LO) within each chapter. Some of the resources apply to multiple LOs, so the additional LOs they align with are noted in brackets at the end of the item.
CHAPTER 1— The Criminal Justice System
1. Understand the goals of the criminal justice system
· “American Federalism” Citizen U explains federalism as it relates to the US Constitution. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gJx3iBXXBU [LO 2]
· “Plea Bargains: Necessary Tool or Cop-Out?” ON NPR, criminal justice professionals discuss defendants who have plea bargained even if they were innocent of the charge. http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=122286337&m=122286332 [LO 3]
2. Recognize the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice operations
· The National Criminal Justice Reference Service is 40 years old and is administered by the Office of Justice Programs under the U.S. Dept. of Justice. It is a free resource offering state-of-the-art justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. http://www.NCJRS.gov [LO 3]
3. Analyze criminal justice from a system perspective
· The Source of Criminal Justice Statistics is a warehouse of information on everything related to criminal justice. The University of Albany serves as its website manager, providing an extensive amount of information on the entire criminal justice system as well as public opinion concerning criminal justice issues. http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook
· “Two Centuries of American Criminal Justice” is a video overview of the development of the American criminal justice system. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlCvqluyUpE
4. Identify the authority and relationships of the main criminal justice agencies, and understand the steps in the decision-making process for criminal cases
· “The James Giles Story” is an article describing the wrongful conviction and exoneration of James Giles. http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/James_Curtis_Giles.php
5. Understand the criminal justice “wedding cake” concept as well as the Due Process Model and Crime Control Model
6. Recognize the possible causes of racial disparities in criminal justice
· The Crime Report is an excellent comprehensive news service on criminal justice issues in the U.S. and elsewhere. It is staffed by actual journalists and is published daily at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. http://thecrimereport.org
· “Criminal Justice System” Criminal Justice experts discuss the criminal justice system as it relates to Trayvone Martin, brought to you by C-Span. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305391-2
· “Investigator: Zimmerman missed opportunities to defuse situation” CNN reports conflicting testimony from George Zimmerman in the Trayvone Martin case. http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/27/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html
· “Characteristics of Drivers Stopped by Police, 2002” Web link to the Bureau of Justice Statistics special report. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cdsp02.pdf
CHAPTER 2— Crime and Crime Causation
1. Categorize crimes by their type
· Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Learn about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual crime report. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr
2. Recognize the different methods of measuring crime
· The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is in charge of managing the data gathered from local law enforcement across the country with respect to the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). This website allows users to obtain UCR data easily. http://www.ucrdatatool.gov
· Among other things at this website, the U.S. Department of Education provides information on amounts of certain reported criminal activity at each college and university across the country. Typically, three years of crime data are available for each school. In order to locate this information, first specify a school, then click on “campus security”. http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator
· “Lying, Cheating, and Stealing” Report from the FBI regarding white collar crime. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/white_collar/whitecollarcrime [LO 4]
3. Understand why some are at higher risk of victimization than others
· The Victim Rights Law Center. Learn about the resources available and the history of the victim rights law center. http://www.victimrights.org
4. Recognize the negative consequences of victimization
· “What were James Holmes' motives?” Video from CNN about James Holmes who opened fire at a viewing of The Dark Knight Rises in Colorado. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/07/23/exp-early-jordan-steffen.cnn [LO 6]
· The Psychoanalytic Theory A website dedicated to the psychoanalytic theory and the work and history of Sigmund Freud. http://www.freudfile.org/psychoanalysis/index.html [LO 6]
5. Understand the theories put forward to explain criminal behavior
· This is the “criminology mega-site” section of Austin Peay State University professor, Dr. Tom O’Connor’s criminal justice and homeland security website. Among other things, it contains a wealth of information on leading theories of crime along with their policy implications. http://www.drtomoconnor.com/criminology.htm#UNITS
6. Analyze crime causation theories and women offenders
· “Deadly Women” Video from Investigation Discovery concerning a female murderer. http://investigation.discovery.com/tv/deadly-women/ [LO 6]
CHAPTER 3— Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law
1. Recognize the bases and sources of American criminal law.
· “The Sixth Amendment and Your Right to a Speedy, Public Trial” Report from Time Video on the Sixth Amendment its role in criminal justice/ http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,1026381361001_2080300,00.html [LO 4]
2. Understand how substantive criminal law defines a crime and the legal responsibility of the accused.
· This website lists many pieces of information including the status of laws regarding cellphone and texting while driving broken down by each of our 50 states. The information includes what the law specifies in each state and its enforcement issues. http://statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?ind=959&cat=2
· “June 21, 2001: Yates Confesses Killing Her Children” Report from ABC News Video regarding Andrea Yates who murdered her five children after suffering for years with mental illness. She planned the murders in a deliberate, methodical manner, which led many to believe it was a planned homicide, not one acted out after a psychotic episode. http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/yates-confesses-killing-children-10199291
· “Inside Dateline: Why it's not entrapment” Report from NBC Dateline regarding sting operations for prostitution. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11131562/ns/dateline_nbc/t/inside-dateline-why-its-not-entrapment/
· Criminal Codes—By State. This website allows you to search the criminal codes of each state. http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/table_criminal_code [LO 3]
3. Understand how procedural criminal law defines the rights of the accused and the processes of dealing with a case.
· This website provides a free service from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell for individuals and small businesses. It lists profiles of one million lawyers and firms worldwide. It gives much information on the law including a glossary of 10,000 legal terms. Lastly, it provides information helpful in choosing and working with an attorney. http://www.lawyers.com/understand-your-legal-issue.html
· “Stephen Morgan of Marblehead acquitted in Wesleyan University slaying by reason of insanity” Web link to an article about the Massachusetts man, Stephen Morgan, who was found “not guilty by reason of insanity” in the murder of a Wesleyan University student. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/stephen_morgan_of_marblehead_a.html
4. Recognize the United States Supreme Court’s role in interpreting the criminal justice amendments to the Constitution.
· The official website of the U.S. Supreme Court, provided is a wealth of information about the Supreme Court from each of their biographies to the current court schedule. http://www.supremecourt.gov/
· Gideon v. Wainwright (1963). This website provides the transcripts of the U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright. http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1962/1962_155
CHAPTER 4— Police
1. Understand how policing evolved in the United States.
· History of Policing in England is a website dedicated to the history, timeline, and famous cases of the London Metropolitan Police Department. http://www.met.police.uk/history
· The site provides a history of the U.S Marshals Service as well as current openings. http://www.usmarshals.gov/ [LO 2, 3]
2. Recognize the main types of law enforcement agencies.
· The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an intelligence-driven and a threat-focused national security and law enforcement organization. Its mission as posted on the website is “… to protect and defend the U.S. against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners.” Included on the website are a host of valuable resources from crime statistics to a “Fun and Games” multi-media section that appeals especially to a younger audience. http://www.fbi.gov
3. Identify why people become police officers and how they learn their job.
· In its fifty-second year of existence, the American Police Hall of Fame (APHF) in Florida, as described on its website “…is the nation's first national police museum and memorial dedicated to American law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The Museum, through interactive displays, simulators and nearly 11,000 artifacts, educates the public about the history and current trends of American law enforcement. Featured at the Museum is a state-of-the-art 24 lane indoor gun range and is open to the public six days a week. The Memorial lists over 8,000 officers who were killed in the line of duty. Their names are permanently etched on the Memorial’s marble walls, which are added to once a year for Police Memorial Day. On Police Memorial Day (May 15th) the Memorial hosts thousands of police officers, family survivors and dignitaries. The event is a somber reminder that every 57 hours, a police officer is killed in the line of duty somewhere in America.” http://www.aphf.org/museum.html
4. Understand the elements of the police officer’s “working personality.”
· “Community Policing Defined” Report from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Serviceshttp://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Publications/e030917193-CP-Defined.pdf [LO 1]
· “FBI Video Current Video” Videos from the Federal Bureau of Investigation which detail the significant job demands and duties that FBI Special Agents must attend to on a daily basis. http://www.fbi.gov/news/videos/view
· “Just A Typical Cop?” is a report from officer.com which notates common characteristics of law enforcement officers including the officer working personality. http://www.officer.com/article/10232697/just-a-typical-cop
· The Working Personality and Ethics. This website will take you to an article, “Street Cop Ethics” written by John Fuller and Originally published in The Law Enforcement Trainer , May/June 2001 http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/ethics/street_cop.html
5. Comprehend the functions of the police.
6. Understand the organization of the police.
· Included in this user-friendly website is a simple description of the range of matters relevant to those interested in policing. It covers issues from what the tools of the trade are for police officers, to what are civilian rights versus police officer rights in maintaining order in a community. It also has information on how to use the web to prevent and report crime as well as how to ensure a safe neighborhood. http://www.communitypolicing.org [LO 7]
7. Analyze influences on police policy and styles of policing.
CHAPTER 5— Policing: Contemporary Issues and Challenges
1. Understand the everyday actions of police
2. Recognize the ways police can abuse their power and the challenges of controlling this abuse
· “Death by Taser?” Video by CBS Video which interviews one of the founders of the Taser corporation. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7388142n
· “Three men bound over for trial in police corruption case exposed by the 7 Action News Investigators” http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/three-men-bound-over-for-trial-in-police-corruption-case-exposed-by-the-7-action-news-investigators
· An article about how the federal government is addressing the corruption within the New Orleans police department. The article is titled “Justice Department, New Orleans Police Department Agree on Overhaul” by Terry Frieden. http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/justice/justice-department-new-orleans-police/index.html
3. Identify the methods that can be used to make police more accountable to citizens
· “CALEA” Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies http://www.calea.org/content/law-enforcement-accreditation [LO 6]
4. Understand the delivery of police services
· Although it contains many advertisements for police-related equipment, this website contains cutting edge technological developments relevant to policing from Apps for iPads to new police UnderArmor-like-wear. Several videos of actual police-public encounters are included on this website as well. http://www.officer.com
5. Analyse patrol strategies that police departments employ
· A goldmine of Problem-Oriented-Policing (POP) information is kept at this website. The audience for this website is diverse from crime analysts and police officers, to civilians and academics. POP guides are posted on the websites on a variety of topics such as statistics and analysis to animal cruelty. http://www.popcenter.org
· “Trenton Crime up 2 percent in 2011” is an article from NJ. Com about the relationship between crime rates and the layoff of 1/3 of the police force. http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2012/02/trenton_crime_up_2_percent_in.html
6. Recognize the importance of connections between the police and the community
· From hosting podcasts on cutting edge topics, to posting alerts on grant opportunities and other news relevant for police agencies, this website administered by the U.S. Department of Justice contains a wealth of helpful information with respect to community policing. Its online library contains an extensive collection of resources helpful in understanding community policing as well. http://www.cops.usdoj.gov [LO 3]
· “Police-Community Relations” A website with videos, newsletters and stories dedicated the strengthening of community-police relations through large-scale dialogue and collaborative action. http://www.everyday-democracy.org/en/Issue.8.aspx [LO 3]
7. Identify issues and problems that emerge from law enforcement agencies’ increased attention to homeland security
· “The Department of Homeland Security” The official website for the Department of Homeland Security. http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm
8. Understand the policing and related activities undertaken by private sector security management
CHAPTER 6— Police and Law
1. Know the extent of police officers’ authority to stop people and to conduct searches of people, their vehicles, and other property
2. Recognize how police officers seek warrants in order to conduct searches and make arrests
3. Identify situations in which police officers can examine property and conduct searches without obtaining a warrant
· The USA Patriot Act (2001) is a 132-page document. At this website, one can read it in its entirety. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ56/pdf/PLAW-107publ56.pdf
· “Exigent Circumstances? Flushing Justifies Warrantless Entry” Report from Find Law http://blogs.findlaw.com/tenth_circuit/2011/12/exigent-circumstances-flushing-justifies-warrantless-entry.html